Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

  1. Introduction

  2. Overview of the Act

  3. Summary

    1. Part 1: Voting system for parliamentary elections

    2. Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies

    3. Background

      1. General

      2. Part 1: Voting system for parliamentary elections

      3. Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies

  4. Territorial Extent and Application

  5. Commentary on Sections

    1. Part 1: Voting system for parliamentary elections

      1. Section 1: Referendum on the alternative vote system

      2. Section 2: Entitlement to vote in the referendum

      3. Section 3: Conduct of the referendum

      4. Section 4: Combination of poll

      5. Section 5: Press comment etc not subject to spending controls

      6. Section 6: Control of loans etc to permitted participants

      7. Section 7: Interpretation

      8. Section 8: Commencement or repeal of amending provisions

      9. Section 9: The alternative vote system: amendments

    2. Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies

      1. Section 10: Boundary Commissions: Reports etc

      2. Section 11: Number and distribution of seats

      3. Section 12: Boundary Commission proposals: publicity and consultation

      4. Section 13: National Assembly for Wales

      5. Section 14: Review of reduction in number of constituencies

    3. Part 3: Miscellaneous and General

    4. Schedule 1: Further provisions about the referendum

    5. Schedule 2: Rules for conduct of the referendum

    6. Schedule 3: Absent voting in the referendum

      1. Part 1 – Great Britain

      2. Part 2 –Northern Ireland

    7. Schedule 4: Application to the referendum of existing provisions

    8. Schedule 5: Combination of polls: England

    9. Schedule 6: Combination of polls: Wales

    10. Schedule 7: Combination of Polls: Scotland

    11. Schedule 8: Combination of Polls: Northern Ireland

    12. Schedule 9: Control of loans etc to permitted participants

    13. Schedule 10: The alternative vote system: further amendments

      1. Part 1: Amendments of the Parliamentary Elections Rules

      2. Part 2: Amendments of other provisions of the 1983 Act

      3. Part 3: Amendments of other enactments

    14. Schedule 11: Public hearings about Boundary Commissions Proposals

    15. Schedule 12: Repeals

  6. Commencement

  7. Hansard References